anemia
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6.1
- noun
- /əˈniːmiə/
- US
:
debilidad
- Go along with a future in which knowing means nothing but having information, and where will we save room for a Schumann who, as Steiner tells, when "asked to explain a difficult etude... sat down and played it a second time"? Go along with the fashion that intellectual, moral, aesthetic, and spiritual anemia can be combated by injections.
Examples
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It's the habit of a moral craving, a need to quench a deficiency—call it ego anemia.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nothing so far but a little anemia And some badly needed dental work.
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Our explanations are so powerful we're suffering from the anemia of having replaced the world with explanations of the world.
Blog text (28) -
Given the breadth and length of the current economic anemia, calls for government intervention and social spending from those who see no issue with providing handouts to people in need have seriously increased.
Blog text (23) -
It's not nice; I hate having CD and everything that goes with it—including the constant anemia I have to endure.
Blog text (17) -
Finally, the declinists insist that many American commitments, both international and domestic, must be abrogated or severely modified because the United States can no longer "afford" to continue foreign aid or military commitments in light of its industrial malaise and competitive anemia.
Academic text (1994) -
Many workers feel a sense of anemia in their jobs after years of monotonous tasks.
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The team's performance showed an anemia in creativity, lacking new ideas to engage their audience.
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After months of stress and overwork, she experienced a deep anemia of motivation to pursue her hobbies.
Synonyms
A state of being pale and without feeling or energy
A lack of energy and strength that often follows an illness
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A condition in which bone marrow does not make enough red and white blood cells and platelets
- Specialized
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4.1
An inherited blood illness in which red blood cells become crescent shaped, causing low red blood cell count and pain
- Specialized
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5.4
A condition causing too few red blood cells because they break down fast
- Specialized
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6.1
A blood problem with very large, not fully grown red blood cells caused by low vitamin B12 or folic acid
- Specialized
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3.2
A health condition when the body lacks iron, making you tired and pale
- Specialized
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5.7
A long-lasting blood problem where the body cannot make enough red blood cells because it cannot take in vitamin B12
- Specialized
A severe inherited blood disease that causes almost no red blood cells and makes the heart, liver, and spleen grow
- Specialized
An inherited blood disease in which red blood cells become crescent-shaped and break early, causing pain and tiredness
- Specialized
A blood disease you are born with in which red blood cells become sickle-shaped and cause tiredness and pain
- Specialized
A fern from Florida, the West Indies, and Central America that has a root stem covered in brown hairs
- Specialized
A rare disease passed from parents that makes bone marrow produce too few blood cells
- Specialized
A blood condition with fewer red blood cells that are larger than normal
- Archaic
A long-term low red blood cell level when the body cannot absorb vitamin B12, often in older people
- Specialized
A blood illness passed from parents that causes low red blood cells
- Archaic
A type of anemia where different blood cells change and do not work well
- Specialized
A condition in which red blood cells contain more hemoglobin than normal
- Specialized
A blood condition with red blood cells that are paler because they have less hemoglobin
- Specialized
A condition with low red blood cells that does not get better with usual treatments and needs blood transfusions
- Specialized
An illness where bone marrow makes weak red blood cells with too much iron so they cannot carry enough oxygen
- Specialized
A long-lasting blood condition with too few red cells and iron-rich bone marrow cells
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
anemia = an + em + ia
This figurative sense depends on the specialized medical term and is not recoverable from the morphemes alone for an average learner.
Etymology
Anemia comes from the Greek parts an- 'without' and haima 'blood', and a helpful way to remember its figurative use is to think of something 'without blood' as lifeless or weak. So when people call a speech or an economy 'anemia' they mean it feels weak, lacking energy or spirit.